Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someone's neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing.

Margaret Spellings

As children across America get ready to start classes, our thoughts and prayers are with the children who are living along the Gulf Coast and who may not be able to return to their schools for weeks or months. I'm working with the White House Task Force on Hurricane Katrina Response in order to find ways that we can help these children in any way we can. We will stick with these communities for as long as it takes to get them back on their feet.

Nicola Sturgeon

As a young woman in politics, with few women around, you start to subconsciously behave like men in politics. That comes across as quite hard, tough and humorless, but you're trying to be taken seriously.

Johann Lamont

As a youngster, I travelled every year across the sea to Tiree. On occasion, we ventured to Skye on the Kyleakin-Kyle of Lochalsh ferry, where there is now a bridge.

Mitch Golub

As dealerships move more of their advertising online, they are choosing partners that deliver the highest quality of shoppers and that have the greatest impact on their bottom line. We are proud to be a premiere choice, and will continue our commitment to quality across several new online products we launched at the National Automobile Dealers Association's 89th Annual Convention and Exposition in Orlando.

Ken Cassar

...As consumers increase their use of the Internet, the opportunity for the Web to influence their online and off-line shopping behavior grows. Simply put, businesses must integrate across channels.

Rashid Johnson

As an undergrad at Columbia College in Chicago, I came across 'Boondocks,' and then I watched the 'Boondocks' television show.

Lynn Coady

As a novelist, you have to pick your battles. You are tired. You have begun to experience the first ominous tinglings of carpal tunnel syndrome. You wake up in the middle of the night with both hands lying across your chest like a couple of plucked bird carcasses, dead of all sensation.

Rupert Murdoch

As a broadcaster, he had an uncanny knack of knowing what people across the country were thinking.

Will Holman

Progress has been made in some areas, but there is still a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. Our goal is to reach an agreement, but that will depend on management's actions at the negotiating table.

Nishi Silva

Actions as a result of hatred give us a temporary satisfaction. But,It is better if we can be patient enough to watch the person suffering who deserves guilt.Because,patience adjusts us to be relieved both physically and mentally.

Tom Daschle

Actions are not just physical. Actions are sometimes verbal.

Al Aqsa

decided to desist from all sorts of resistance and to stop our actions against the Israelis.

Jennifer Jackson

The students are forced to be accountable for their actions and their grades every week and that forces them to show improvement.

Granta Nakayama

Storm water requirements have been in place for a long time. Developers must be responsible for their actions to ensure compliance with the law. Runoff from construction sites is a primary contributor to the impairment of water quality and EPA is vigorously enforcing federal regulations to help reduce this problem. This settlement is a strong signal of this Administration's commitment to increased enforcement of our nation's environmental laws and regulations.

Tom Daschle

So those two actions have apparently at least given us the impression (that the mail safety issue is being addressed. Again as I say, we can't really make any direct connection between any of these actions, but no new cases of illness have been reported,

Ramani Ayer

Notwithstanding, the several unusual items that influenced our results the last three months demonstrate that the underlying performance of The Hartford's property and casualty and life operations was strong. This performance is a reflection of our efforts to sustain profitable growth in a competitive environment. Our return on equity of over 15 percent over the last twelve months has exceeded our stated long-term goals. Actions we have taken to broaden distribution and improve our products are driving our sales momentum.

Robert Latimer

I want a jury to be able to decide whether my actions were criminal or not.

Lloyd Jones

A whole series of tests will occur. The Fish and Wildlife Service is coordinating with the Department of Agriculture, with surveillance activities through the fall to collect samples from birds taken during banding to hunter- harvested birds. It will be a very comprehensive testing program.

Valerie Fellows

Normally, activities like that are not something that would be enough to agitate a nest.

Peter Yesawich

Age-appropriate activities and attractions are very important to this group of family travelers.

Michael Schneider

Activity is the mother's milk of the securities industry and activities of all sorts was very strong for these reporting periods.

Hosni Mubarak

Activities which are inconsistent with the requirements and spirit of peace, such as settlement activities and the confiscation of lands, should be determined,

Jeff Raikes

Activities such as the BAM Minority Student Day are part of a larger Microsoft effort to provide urban high school students with exposure to the real-life experience of working in the high technology industry. Through the event, we also hope to inspire young minority students to become the information technology leaders of tomorrow.

Jack Ribas

Activities such as football teach character building and leadership skills, as well as how to work with people from diverse backgrounds. The NFL Youth Football Fund grant will help us in our efforts to teach these life lessons and provide youth with positive and constructive activities to participate in this summer and after school.

Christopher Low

Activities are beginning to pick up. Manufacturing has been the weakest part of the economy. The rest of the economy may be even stronger.

Jay Talwar

Activities and attractions in Hawaii are designed to involve the whole family as one.

Hiroaki Takai

Some selling is coming through the bond market because of stocks and the consumer price report. Yields will probably have a bias to rise toward June because investors are becoming more alert to the chances of a policy shift.

Barksdale Thompson

Sarah was on the other side of the field when she passed that ball to me. She's a good passer. You've always got to be alert because, if you're open, she'll give you the ball.

Eckhart Tolle

To be aware of little, quiet things, you need to be quiet inside. A high degree of alertness is required. Be still. Look. Listen. Be present.

Steve Cole

We have done a lot of training with law enforcement to alert them to these types of situations. If you look a little further and pull the curtains back, there may be a lot more to it.

Zhong Nanshan

At this point, people will be very alert in all the hospitals and we have been training the doctors in all the hospitals talking about this. Now, people are very alert if these kind of symptoms are being reported.

Robert Blake

Didn't I already answer this? ... That would not make sense. Nobody was breaking any laws. They weren't going to 'stake out' my property. All that would do is alert the police that there was a problem.

Robert Rizza

Diabetes is a serious disease, and its complications can be devastating. The good news is that with early detection and treatment, those complications -- as well as the disease itself -- can be prevented or delayed. The American Diabetes Association hopes that this Alert Day will encourage millions of Americans to find out if they could be at risk for diabetes or could be living with the disease and not know it.

Mark Greene

Contact the credit card company or financial institution and ask them to put a freeze on the account. And alert the bank and the three major credit (reporting agencies).

Alvaro Soto

We should be alert to the danger that cutting off assistance prior to the formation of a new government might be interpreted by the Palestinians and the Arab world as a punishment for the way the Palestinians voted in January.

Hisao Sato

Oil demand in the U.S., China and India is expected to rise further. Supplies, especially of sweet crude oil, will increase only slightly compared with the growth in demand.

Tsuyoshi Shimizu

Companies that rely on the Chinese market may suffer if China continues raising rates.

Zeng Jun

Despite the economic slowdown around the world, China is still doing relatively well. However, when winter comes, domestic demand in China will slow down and there will be negative movements in the equities market...

Yan Xuetong

Development' shows China itself wants to become prosperous, but 'rise' indicates China wants to narrow the gap with developed countries.

Liu Mingkang

the story I delivered to the public in China and outside of China is a story of 'never again.'

Rebecca MacKinnon

One day, people in China may be able to see the records of conversations between multinational tech companies and the Chinese authorities.

David Albright

Russia is looking after its economic interests. They have a lot at stake, ... China is so ideologically opposed that the most you can get out of them is an abstention.

Michel Lu

Russia has close relations with China, so it's not surprising that it criticized Taiwan. However, Russia's reaction also revealed that it was unaware that China opposed the council and guidelines when they were first formulated, and also that Taiwan's decision was made in order to reinforce democracy and respect the right of the people to determine their own future.

Karl Inderfurth

The rise of China and India will be the defining geopolitical reality of the 21st century. That's pretty important company to be keeping.

Michelle Rodriguez

As far as technology, I'd go to Japan. Not everything should be centred around the U.S. All the special effects from these... countries were awesome.

Gore Vidal

As dumb as this administration is, they don't look ahead. They don't know where any countries are. They don't know how to make deals. They don't really know much about anything. There is no plan.

Ayad Allawi

As far as Germany and France are concerned, really, this was a regrettable position they had, ... I don't think the Iraqis are going to forget easily that in the hour of need, those countries wanted to neglect Iraq.

Donald Rumsfeld

normally ministers of defense visit countries where there's that type of activity.

Jacques Diouf

Developed countries thought that this was going on in Asia, that it was far away and that we were exaggerating the risks of the epidemic.

Steve Roach

These countries need to figure out a way to make their domestic economies grow. If they intensify their efforts to reform because their currencies have strengthened, then the world will be a better place.

Elmar Brok

These countries must fulfill the conditions. In the eyes of our citizens, entry at the desired time can't be automatic.

Thomas Moran

The success of immunization in Indonesia is crucial to prevent the outbreak's spread to other countries in Southeast Asia,

Manouchehr Mottaki

The thing these two countries have officially told us and expressed in diplomatic negotiations is their opposition to sanctions and military attacks.

Philippe Petit

Of course, the slightest little mistake on the wire will deprive me of my life, so in that sense, yes, it is a dangerous profession. You have to pay attention; if not, you will lose your life.

Mafumi Usui

Depressed, young people and the Internet - it's a very dangerous mix.

Becky Hammon

They are a lot more dangerous now. She's exactly what they needed.

Dan McCarthy

This is developing into a potentially dangerous situation.

Jeff Last

That's why it is so dangerous to fly near a thunderstorm.

Daniel H. Wilson

Humans are inscrutable. Infinitely unpredictable. This is what makes them dangerous.

Dean Steward

The reality is, federal penitentiaries are violent and dangerous places and all of these guys - white guys - are a small minority and they're just trying to survive.

Phyllis Bottome

It is very a dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice

Frank O'Donnell

We should be doing much more to try to reduce this dangerous pollution.

Toby Keith

Probably 75 percent of the people in this town think I'll fail, and the other 25 percent hope I fail,

Peja Stojakovic

Probably I won't be available. My knee is still hurting. Hopefully we can get it better.

Jim Bolla

Officially, all we're saying is she's suspended right now. It's day-to-day, and hopefully when we get to Reno, we can get some things resolved one way or the other.

Christian Prudhomme

After seven years of implacable domination, there will be a different race which I hope will be open.

Dave Roberts

The more interesting we make this, the more I'll have to try to push the envelope. But hopefully it doesn't come to that.

David Nabarro

The more I find out about an influenza pandemic and the lack of readiness, the more I am concerned. But I am more hopeful about the scope for international cooperation.

Andrea Gaston

The team has been doing everything right mentally and physically, so now we just have to hope that we peak at the right time.

Kirk Pedersen

Right now we are struggling a little big with our relay teams. We are going to work on those and hopefully get them to run a little better.

Mike Slive

Right now, there is peace in the valley. We hope to keep it that way for a little while.

Dan Shechtman

Select a subject that interests you and make an effort to become an expert in that field. I promise you, if you make the effort, and you become an expert, you will have a wonderful career.

Mo Ibrahim

Young people, all too often, find their interests overlooked and their voices ignored.

S. Walker

You have to go in and find out what their interests are, and take it from there.

Jim Newberry

Many of the interests the students have are similar to the interests of the community.

Mario Cuomo

Scott Stringer has a record of standing up to special interests and getting results for the people of Manhattan. I know a real reformer when I see one and Scott Stringer is the real deal.

Steve Johnson

Basically, it's the tourist trade that interests China,

Max Mathurin

Now that the president has been elected, the political interests at stake during the legislative vote are huge.

Madeline Albright

NATO'S fundamental purpose -- safeguarding the ideals, interests and territory of its members -- is unchanging,

Danny Diaz

Sportsmen represent a very important constituency to this campaign. They reflect, in many cases, the interests and views of a majority of Americans and rural America.

David Liston

BOI needs an acquisition to maintain its growth,

Jim Hall

Stay plugged in. Maintain the strength of the Chamber.

Jeff Garcia

I am going to do everything that I can to maintain my physical strength, maintain my physical conditioning. I'll even sit on my butt and throw the football, just so I can keep that motion intact.

Carlos Ghosn

Our objective is to maintain the successful momentum of the team.

Tom Grzymala

You want to maintain a balanced, diversified portfolio.

Mike Black

We were trying to maintain where we were at (down by 10), but when you can't score it makes it really hard. Chesterton started playing better on offense, and we played worse.

Peter King

There is a very serious question as to why the records are not going to be maintained on American soil subject to American jurisdiction.

James McHugh

We have a message to suggest there are ways to maintain these costs.

Martin O'Malley

Roads do not upgrade or maintain themselves. Bridges do not repair themselves or rebuild themselves.

Jason Wu

I happen to like selling clothes as much as creating them. It isn't relevant unless it sells.

Cary Leahey

I don't see anything in the speech that is relevant to the near-term outlook.

Gene Robinson

Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.

Gabrielle Reece

I guess I crave stability.

Jason Wu

The Taiwanese are big on tea. I think it's nice to slow down a bit. It's very much a custom.

Steve Johnson

Democratic, market-oriented Taiwan is a thorn in its side.

Jim Calhoun

You find you think more about what can go wrong when you're the hunted. When you're the hunter, you think about all the things that can go right.

Shashi Tharoor

There is not a thing as the wrong place, or the wrong time. We are where we are at the only time we have. Perhaps it's where we're meant to be.

Marianne Williamson

Much like a GPS, love re-calibrates itself if you've made a wrong turn.

Rajon Rondo

He was crowding me. I think that's the wrong way to play me. Not to be cocky.

Kathleen Ham

I feel very, very vindicated. I feel a wrong has been righted.

George Eliot

We are rather apt to consider an act wrong because it is unpleasant to us.

Abraham Lincoln

It is better only sometimes to be right than at all times wrong

Winston Churchill

It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.

Larry King

I think he was the wrong person. He wasn't the target.